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Being at the scene of the murder the night his wife maggie and son paul were killed at the cog can kennels on the familys property. this revelation came after multiple witnesses identified alecs voice on a video his son paul took moments before the murders. in his own defense, alec testified that his distrust of law enforcement particularly sled and paranoia from opioid use led him to lie for nearly two years. >> paranoid thinking. and it could be anything that triggered it. it might be a police...

Are talking about vladimir putins mindset now. and this person says, how can you convince a crazy man his brain will collapse if he realizes it was a mistake? he does not trust anyone. its hard for us to know. but then what do we think vladimir putin is tonight as opposed to where he was mentally a year ago? >> before i answer that, i just want to point out that that analysis is one more argument for democracy. the reason you have democracy so that people wont be in power for 20 years. you have ...

And so the paranoia from the opioid addiction was the only one available to him. but as you said, he also talked about having been sober and off the painkillers for quite a period of time. and he didnt explain why he never went back to the authorities or why he never went back to his friends and others to whom he had lied and corrected the record. >> because everybody knew -- if its true that hes been on painkillers, everybody knew that story. its not like that was a surprise. >> yeah. and i thi...

Overcome and inspiring a new generation >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the countrys most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didnt shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecutions strongest evidence murda...

I overheard a come i believe it was sheer appeal, im not positive, i heard him tell homes, dont talk to anybody without a lawyer. what i believe is that based on my distrust of sled, and given that interview on them not positive about this but when he asked me about my relationship with my wife and my son, i believe that is when i decided to lie, but im not positive. >> and when you had the gsr to because thats what you testified to yesterday. >> that certainly occurred to. >> and when you had t...

>> your dope paranoia? >> those things are what triggered the paranoia that started as my addiction evolved. >> you are an experienced lawyer and you have been -- you read that as i should lie? >> no. thats not accurate. >> thats not what that means, is it? >> you are not -- thats not an accurate statement what you just said. >> i just repeated what you just said. you said it was one of the factors was your law blaming sheriff hill and greg alexander told you that you needed a lawyer before you ...

I also know him asking me about maggie and paul-paul contributed to that paranoia. all i am saying is, im not disputing i lied. im just saying at this point, you are saying that i made a conscious decision to lie here. and im saying come i dont think i made a conscious decision right there. >> i believe so. >> had you have your gsr at this point? >> yes work on my head. >> you talk to your law partners and sheriff hill and now you blame them. and chief alexander now as well for your lives? >> no...

I got a pocket full of pills in my pocket. i was the person who found maggie and paul, my distrust for s.l.e.d., all of those factors combined and made me -- i also know him asking me about maggie and pau-pau contributed to that paranoia. all im saying is im not dispuing that i lied. im just saying at this point youre saying i made a conscious decision to lie here, and im saying i dont think i made a conscious decision right there. >> okay. later? >> i believe so. >> had you already had your gsr...

>> those things are what t triggered the paranoia that started as my addiction evolved. >> so youre an experienced lawyer and you have been a prosecutor, and you took the advise of your law partners to have a lawyer there, you read that as i should lie. >> no, thats not accurate. >> thats not what that means. >> thats not an accurate statement, what you just said, mr. waters. >> i just sg >> you said one of the factories is your law partners and now you are blaming the sheriff and told you that ...

Today, its kind of evolved on the -- on the factors that led you to decide to lie at some point during that interview with david owen, correct? >> i disagree with that. i dont think those factors have evolved. i mean, you have asked some more specific questions, but those factors are still the same factors. you may have asked questions and dwayned a little more detail, but those factors have not changed. >> it was the done paranoia, the fact that your law partners and gregalexander and the sheri...